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The painting ‘Maria Maddalena’ by Artemisia Gentileschi, is placed in one of the rooms of The Royal Palace (Palazzo Reale) for the exhibition ‘The Ladies of Art. Stories of women between ‘500 and 600’, in Milan, Italy, 02 March 2021. The painting was damaged in the explosion that occurred in the port area on 04 August 2020 in Beirut. It is part of an exhibition, that traces the art and the lives of 34 different artists. EPA-EFE/Matteo Corner 
Resturators of The Royal Palace (Palazzo Reale) open the packaging of the painting ‘Mary Magdalene’ by Artemisia Gentileschi, prepared for the exhibition ‘The Ladies of Art. Stories of women between ‘500 and 600’, in Milan, Italy, 02 March 2021. The painting was damaged in the explosion that occurred in the port area on 04 August 2020 in Beirut. It is part of an exhibition, that traces the art and the lives of 34 different artists. EPA-EFE/Matteo Corner 
A truck passes as Mount Sinabung spews volcanic ash during an eruption in Karo, North Sumatra, Indonesia, 03 March 2021. Mount Sinabung, one of the most active volcanoes in Indonesia, erupted on 02 March, spewing volcanic materials 5,000 meters up in the air. Indonesia sits on the Pacific Ring of Fire, which accounts for 80 percent of the world’s seismic activity. EPA-EFE/DEDI SINUHAJI 
An Iberian lynx runs free after its release in the Mountains of Toledo, central Spain, 02 March 2021. The two lynx named ‘Rwanda’ and ‘Rubens’ from the raising center ‘La Olivilla’ in Jaen were released into the wilderness near Polan, a municipality in the province of Toledo. EPA-EFE/Ismael Herrero 
An Iraqi policeman stands guard as a worker hangs a posters depicting the picture of Pope Francis at the St. Joseph Chaldean Catholic Church in Baghdad’s Karada district, Iraq on 03 March 2021. The Iraqi authorities imposed tight security measures in Baghdad ahead of the Pope’s visit to the country from 05 to 08 March 2021. EPA-EFE/AHMED JALIL 
Demonstrators flee from tear gas launched by security forces during a protest against the military coup in Yangon, Myanmar, 02 March 2021. Foreign ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) are expected to hold a special meeting on the Myanmar political crisis on 02 March, amid rising tension in the country between anti-coup protesters and security forces. EPA-EFE/LYNN BO BO 
Demonstrators gather behind a barricade during a protest against the military coup in Yangon, Myanmar, 03 March 2021. Foreign ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) called for a halt of violence during a meeting on 02 March as protests continued amid rising tension in the country between anti-coup protesters and security forces. EPA-EFE/LYNN BO BO 
Demonstrators react as riot police fire tear gas during a protest against the military coup, in Mandalay, Myanmar, 03 March 2021. Foreign ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) called for a stop to violence in Myanmar during a meeting on 02 March as protests continued amid rising tension in the country between anti-coup protesters and security forces. EPA-EFE/KAUNG ZAW HEIN 
Berlin TV-tower (Fernsehturm) is seen during dusk at Alexanderplatz in Berlin, Germany. EPA-EFE/FILIP SINGER 
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Explosives Clearance Service arrives at the corona testing location where an explosive occurred, in Bovenkarspel, the Netherlands, 03 March 2021. No injuries were reported in the explosion which shattered windows. EPA-EFE/Inter Visual Studio 
A handout photo made available by the Presidential press service of Ukraine shows Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky receiving an injection with the AstraZeneca (Covishield) vaccine in a Military Mobile Hospital during his visit to the Eastern-Ukrainian conflict zone in Luhansk area, Ukraine, 02 March 2021. Ukraine started vaccination against COVID-19 on 24 February 2021. The first shipment of the Oxford/AstraZeneca (Covishield) vaccine against COVID-19 was delivered in Ukraine on 23 February. Ukraine has signed a contract for the supply of 12 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines, which were developed by AstraZeneca (UK-Sweden) and NovaVax (USA) and are produced at the Serum Institute facilities (India). EPA-EFE/PRSIDENTIAL PRESS SERVICE OF UKRAINE HANDOUT HANDOUT HANDOUT HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY/NO SALES 
Iraqi soldiers in central Baghdad, Iraq. EPA-EFE/MURTAJA LATEEF 
A fishing trawler in Newlyn Harbour in Newlyn, Cornwall, Britain EPA-EFE/WILL OLIVER 
A passer-by (C) crosses the Roman Bridge as local workers disinfect it in Ourense, Galicia, northwestern Spain. EPA-EFE/Cabalar 
A teacher stands in an empty classroom and uses an iPad to teach children at home, at the closed elementary school ‘Am Weyer’ in Dinslaken, Germany. EPA-EFE/SASCHA STEINBACH 
A view of Hassan Tower, in Rabat, Morocco. EPA-EFE/JALAL MORCHIDI 
An artist works on a landscape painting showing the ice float fragments piling on a bank of the Ogre river, near Ogre, Latvia, 01 March 2021. Latvia saw a new ‘heat record’ that day with air temperatures of up to 13 degrees Celsius measured in some places in Latvia, beating the previous 12.8 degrees Celsius recorded on 01 March 1959. Temperatures in Latvia are expected to alter between plus 12 to minus 6 degrees Celsius in the upcoming days, according to a five-day forecast by the Latvian Environmental, Geological and Meteorological Center (LVGMC). EPA-EFE/TOMS KALNINS 
A boy walks on the ice float fragments piling on a bank of the Ogre river, near Ogre, Latvia, 01 March 2021. Latvia saw a new ‘heat record’ that day with air temperatures of up to 13 degrees Celsius measured in some places in Latvia, beating the previous 12.8 degrees Celsius recorded on 01 March 1959. Temperatures in Latvia are expected to alter between plus 12 to minus 6 degrees Celsius in the upcoming days, according to a five-day forecast by the Latvian Environmental, Geological and Meteorological Center (LVGMC). EPA-EFE/TOMS KALNINS
